Intel Atom support is confirmed to be missing in the final release of 10.6.2, citing multiple prominent Hackintosh sources.
Apple's latest update for Snow Leopard has broken support for Intel's Atom processor line. Mac OS X 10.6.2 was released Monday afternoon, and was Apple's second major update for Snow Leopard.
Nov 10, 2009 OS X Daily confirms widespread reports of the loss of support for Intel's Atom processors in the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update released yesterday, confirming on-again, off-again claims of. Jul 16, 2010 I've read that in the early release of 10.6.2, Intel Atom support was removed, but have also read that in a certain, later released development version, it was added back in. A straight-forward answer: will Mac OS X 10.6 work on an ASUS Nettop with Intel Atom processor (all system requirements are met, other than this possible setback)? 1.8 Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard; 1.9 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard AMD and Legacy Intel macOS 10.13 High Sierra. Atom Pentium M (Banias & Dothan) Celeron M.
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OSXDailyreported that various netbook and 'hackintosh' forums are 'blowing up with problems of 10.6.2 instant rebooting their Atom-based notebooks.' Systems using the Atom processor will go into a startup-loop if the 10.6.2 update is installed.
Support for Atom fluctuated over the course of 10.6.2 development, and Apple was mum about the subject.
It is recommended that anyone using OS X on Atom-based systems should not install the update. Many believe that a community-generated fix will be developed soon. Prominent hackintosh blogger StellaRola commented, 'Just an FYI, this is OSx86 after all and none of the scenes hackers really let down on support. The latest kernel may not be ââ¬Åofficiallyââ¬Â supported but that doesnââ¬â¢t mean there wonââ¬â¢t be a modded kernel around the corner.'
Intel's Atom processor is a low-cost, low-power chip intended for notebooks and ultra-mobile PCs. Although current Apple products do not sport the Atom chips, a dedicated community has formed around the practice of installing Snow Leopard on Atom netbooks.
The 10.6.2 update weighs in at 473MB and fixes a guest account bug which could have potentially deleted a user's account data. It can be accessed direct from Apple or via Software Update.
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Mac OS X 10.6.2, the forthcoming update for Apple's Snow Leopard operating system, is reported to disable support for the Intel Atom processor, preventing unauthorized PC netbooks from running the operating system.
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Users at OS X Daily claim that Mac OS X 10.6.2 prevents Snow Leopard from running on systems with Atom processors. No official Apple products use the low-cost, low-power chip from Intel. For now, users on unauthorized Atom machines are recommended to stay with Mac OS X 10.6.1.
'You can't help but suspect this move is Apple's attempt at shutting down the growing and popular Hackintosh Netbook community, since Apple has no product line that runs the Atom itself,' the report said. 'Mac OS X runs absolutely flawlessly on much of the PC Netbook hardware, once it's configured you wouldn't know youââ¬â¢re not on a Mac. Maybe itââ¬â¢s in effort to kill the Atom Hackintoh Netbooks in anticipation of the rumored Tablet? Or maybe itââ¬â¢s something totally unrelated?'
The news is another example of Apple fending off systems with unauthorized installs of Mac OS X. Florida-based clone Mac maker Psystar has been engaged in a lawsuit with Apple for some time, as the Cupertino, Calif., company has alleged that Psystar's selling of systems with Mac OS X is in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Starting in October, Psystar began selling a $50 software hack to allow users to install Snow Leopard on some Intel-powered unauthorized PCs. The Rebel EFI software provided support for Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad, i7 or Xeon Nehalem processors.
In the non-commercial world of 'Hackintosh' systems, some users were able to install Snow Leopard on inexpensive netbook computers, like the Dell Mini 10v. Launched in 2008, the Intel Atom processor is intended for sub-notebooks and ultra-mobile PCs.
Last year, one high-ranking Intel executive publicly vouched for the Atom processor to be used on Apple's long-rumored tablet device. The 10-inch touchscreen device, expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2010, is believed to originally be intended to run on the Atom processor upon conception. But after the $278 million buyout of fabless chip designer P.A. Semi, it is believed that Apple began to design its own ARM-based processors and abandoned the Atom.
Mac OS X 10.6.2, the forthcoming update for Snow Leopard, will update nearly 150 components of the operating system. The latest beta, released last week, addressed issues with the Dock, ColorSync, QuartzCore and graphic driver components.
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